Conditions were found for the preparation of 2-ethoxyprop-2-enal dimethylhydrazone by reaction of 2-ethoxypropenal with
N,N-dimethylhydrazine. 2-Ethoxyprop-2-enal dimethylhydrazone reacted with methyl vinyl ketone and methyl acrylate according to
the [4 + 2]-cycloaddition pattern with regioselective formation of substituted tetrahydropyridines. The major product in the
reaction of 2-ethoxyprop-2-enal dimethylhydrazone with 1,4-benzoquinone was 5-hydroxy-1-benzofuran-2-carbaldehyde dimethylhydrazone
formed as a result of [3 + 2]-cycloaddition; a small amount of the corresponding [4 + 2]-cycloaddition product was also obtained.
Some spontaneous transformations of the primary cycloaddition products were revealed.
Original Russian Text © N.A. Keiko, T.A. Kuznetsova, L.I. Larina, Yu.A. Chuvashev, T.A. Klepikova, L.V. Sherstyannikova, 2006,
published in Zhurnal Organicheskoi Khimii, 2006, Vol. 42, No. 10, pp. 1439–1443.